Monday, September 13, 2010

Climate change, is it really happening?

Climate change, is it really happening? Do we have scientific evidences? Can scientist explain the problem in a manner which may sound reasonable to a common man? Should I be scared off with what's being shown around in media?

Recently, I visited a very beautiful place in Uttarakhand, India. one of my friend, almost dragged me there, I must say thanks to him. I could not find many people around there and probably the reason, you wont find it littered. So are we going to make a mess of that place also and how long is it going to take? Probably yes and only time will tell that how quickly we(human beings) ruin it.

Anyway, going back to the topic itself, We have so many of these beautiful places, If as a country we don't take a proper care of these, Eventually we all will be in a sorry state. As I have decided to put my money where my mouth is. There are certain things which one can do at home to consume less. Consume less what ? means use less electricity, use less water, using bike where I use car or walk if possible. There are so many little things can be done and all these things will simply add up to become something big over the period of time.

A must watch debate here on climate change where Dr. Stephen Schneider is helping and answering people about climate change. In this debate, some very interesting and insightful question were asked, hope you enjoy them. After watching the debate, I'm with scientists who are continuously warning us about climate change and possible unwanted outcomes of it.

Lets start making a difference while we have some time in hand.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

A Recent Read

I was getting bored with all the online articles, music, videos and all other online stuff. Then I decided to read books, which I bought and read few pages here and few pages there but didn't finish. I was loosing interest in those books with very first few pages. That is why I think, any author, who wants to be among the best selling authors, should pay extra attention in very first 10-20 pages. These pages can make a reader read the book entirely. Else only critics would be reading that book as they have to write a review of it. A book,no matter what genre it falls into, should grab the attention of audience from the word go, just like any good Hollywood movie.

Why all this rant then? Actually, I had a chance to read a fiction "Dork: The Incredible Adventures of Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese" by 'Sidin Vadukut' with some other books along side. To tell you the truth I enjoyed the book from the very beginning. If you have heard of IITs, IIMs, know about campus selections in collages , you would be able to identify with the protagonist of this novel. At times, events in the book are so realistic that you may feel that you have seen them happening around you.
The story comes out of a diary, maintained by the hero 'Robin', but it is not a diary , in fact it is a word document, which 'Robin' writes in as he may be writing in a diary. This diary comprises a lot of risible events happened in Robin's life.

I can say you will keep laughing, till the very end of this novel. If you haven't had a chance to get a hand on it then go ahead and buy it. Use either 'flipkart' or indiaplaza.in' as they selling this novel for less.